OUTDOORS NEWS: Fishin' for Jamie event scheduled

The eighth annual Fishin’ for Jamie tournament, a cancer-related fundraiser in memory of the late Jamie Fulcher, gets underway this weekend at Hogan’s Marina on Wilmington Island.

Also included is the third-annual golf tournament to be held Friday at the Wilmington Island Club.

This year’s fishing again includes offshore and inshore with a kingfish tournament set for Saturday and the inshore contest both Saturday and Sunday.

The golf event is an 18-hole, four-man scramble.

Registration for the fishing events is slated for Friday at Hogan’s Marina, starting at 5 p.m., with a captain’s meeting slated for 7 p.m.

Last year, the event raised $15,000 for the Nancy and J.C. Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion, and has to date donated $68,300 toward melanoma cancer research and clinical trials.

For more information on the event, contact Hogan’s Marina at 912-897-3474, Chris Caldwell at 912-667-4861 or Joy Wainwright at 912-398-3395.

Alligator hunting deadline today

SOCIAL CIRCLE – Hunting alligators may be an experience unlike any other adventure. To participate, however, you need to get your online quota application in before midnight today. According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division, 850 applicants will be selected for the 2014 alligator hunting season which runs Sept. 6-Oct. 5.

In 2013, a total of 246 alligators were harvested with an average length of 8-foot-2 and the longest gator measuring 13-11.

To apply, go to

www.gohuntgeorgia.com/hunting/quota. Applicants must be sure to enter their Social Security Number correctly when creating an account to ensure the transfer of any priority points from previous seasons.

Applicants can check their status through their account after the July 31 deadline. For more information, visit

www.georgiawildlife.com/Hunting/Alligator.

BEST TIMES FOR ANGLERS

Table lists top fishing times and days for the coming days. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. (X indicates best days.)

Thursday 4:35 p.m. 4:55 a.m.

Friday 5:20 p.m. 5:40 a.m.

X-Saturday 6:05 p.m. 6:30 a.m.

X-Sunday 6:55 p.m. 7:20 p.m.

Source: U.S. Naval Observatory data

ON THE WEB

Go to savannahnow.com/outdoors to search a database of the records for freshwater and saltwater fish caught in Georgia waters.